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Exposed: Software reveals how much photos have been retouchedhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/29/exposed-software-reveals-photos-retouched
Heavily Photoshopped images 'named and shamed' by technique that measures extent of digital manipulation<p>When Grazia covered the Royal Wedding in May, the magazine took a photograph of the happy couple <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/grazia-admits-digital-slimming-royal-duchess">and altered it</a>, first to remove Prince William, and then to make Kate Middleton more symmetrical – and, as it happens, thinner – by flipping the image of her left side onto her right. </p><p>Advertisers and the publishers of glossy magazines retouch pictures all the time. The art of creating fantasy is central to their business. The practice goes on despite concerns that it might harm people's health by promoting unrealisitic expectations of body image.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/29/exposed-software-reveals-photos-retouched">Continue reading...</a>SciencePhotographySoftwareMagazinesAdvertisingMediaTue, 29 Nov 2011 14:41:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/29/exposed-software-reveals-photos-retouchedPhotograph: Grazia/Getty ImagesGrazia Photoshopped Kate Middleton for its wedding cover. The new software would let readers know the extent of photo manipulation. Photograph: Grazia/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Grazia/Getty ImagesGrazia Photoshopped Kate Middleton for its wedding cover. The new software would let readers know the extent of photo manipulation. Photograph: Grazia/Getty ImagesIan Sample2011-11-29T14:41:00Z